Today I got up rather late because both my host siblings went to marching band practise early and my host mom and dad were doing some paper work. At 1:00 PM I had an appointment with the counselor of Wylie High. So for the first time I got to see my new High School!!!!!
Both host parents came along and showed me the school a little. It was quite a coincidence that the pricipal was in his office when we arrived. So a lady that works for the school immediately said that we should get into the proncipal‘s office because Mr. Montgomery (the principal) liked meeting the exchange students. I had heard about Wylie High School having a cool principal before and indeed he turned out to be the most awesome principal a school could have! When we entered his office he actually rejected shaking my hand and hugged me instead. He asked about my interests, told me a little about Wylie High and in the end took a selfie with me, haha……
So after meeting Mr. Montgomery we went to the counselor‘s office. The counselor that‘s responsible for me is Mrs. Gawedzinski. She helped me pick out my classes and encouraged me to take some AP classes, which are the more advanced ones. She also said that as an exchange student I would had some advantages like being able to change classes easier if I didn‘t like it. She was really nice and promised me that I would love High School. I also got the information how I can get assigned a locker!
So in the end I got the following classes:
- AP Human Geography
- French IV
- AP US History
- Debate
- AP Environmental Science
- English III
- Statistics
I originally wanted to take art class but it would have taken place at the same time as French. So I decided to go with French since it‘s probably going to be an easy A for me. It was my intention to be a senior but she said that it was more convenient to be junior and that juniors could practically do everything seniors can (e.g. going to prom). In addition classes are mixed, which means I have some classes that will be mostly seniors. I‘m really happy about that because it means I can get to know not only other juniors but also seniors….
After leaving her office we walked around the school a bit and went to some classrooms I will probably have class in. I met some of the teachers that were preparing for the start of the semester. All of them were really enthusiastic when my host parents told them I was an exchange student from Switzerland. Well, I had to hear „so she‘s from Sweden you said?“ twice which made me chuckle a bit 😉
After leaving the school, Perla (my host mom) called a family friend named Alex (he‘ll go to collage soon) and asked if he and his mom wanted to have lunch with us. The reason she did that was that since I chose debate, Alex could tell me a lot about this subject. Apparently he was THE top debater in High School. So we went with him and his mom to a restaurant and had lunch. I heard quite a lot about the debate teacher that everybody just called „H“. Alex said he was more of a silly unlce than a teacher.
After lunch we picked up my host siblings at school and my host sister asked if Alex could stay over at our place a bit. So we all went home and watched „Friends“. After a little while my host mom said that she would go to Walmart to get some chicken, so I went along. We talked a lot in the car and in the store which was really nice, since there was only the two of us. After returning home, I saw both my host siblings and Alex sitting around the table playing a game called Dungeons&Dragons. I asked them about the game and the boys were more than happy to explain me. It‘s quite a nerdy game though, so I didn‘t really understand how it works. Anyway, we talked quite long and that was the point when I really heard my English improving! Since they were all talking pretty fast I kind of adapted and I feel like my pronunciation got better as well.
After dinner we watched a few more episodes of friends on the couch and Lady Bug (the dog) lay on my lap which was sooooo adorable <3